ology

-ology

(word root) a science or branch of knowledge

Examples of words with the root -ology: biology, geology, psychology

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ol·o·gy

 (ŏl′ə-jē)

n. pl. ol·o·gies Informal

A branch of learning.

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[From -ology.]

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ology

(ˈɒlədʒɪ)

n, pl -gies

informal a science or other branch of knowledge

[C19: abstracted from words with this ending, such as theology, biology, etc; see -logy]

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Noun

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ology - an informal word (abstracted from words with this ending) for some unidentified branch of knowledge discipline, field of study, subject area, subject field, bailiwick, subject, field, study - a branch of knowledge; "in what discipline is his doctorate?"; "teachers should be well trained in their subject"; "anthropology is the study of human beings" symbology - the study or the use of symbols and symbolism

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